Women Vow To Raise Quality Of Life At ACWW Meet

Bandar Seri Begawan – The 7th Area Conference of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) for Southeast Asia and Far East drew to a close yesterday with much vigor and enthusiasm to revitalize the quality of life of women.

For the past week, delegates from five countries had been discussing issues of concern to the women in their area.

The issues discussed included improving the quality of life of women in rural areas which remained a top priority.

In many parts of Southeast Asia and the Far East, agriculture plays an integral role in the economy of a country.

Much of the agricultural activity takes place in rural areas with women as the main labour force.

ACWW carries out programmes that are involved in agricultural activity and provides women with appropriate knowledge to make them more productive.

Contrary to the popular belief that it is men who are normally the main breadwinners, in the Philippines it seems women are much more involved in agriculture than men.

Women groups in Indonesia, on the other hand, focus more on providing adequate infrastructure rather than knowledge and skills.

In Indonesia, the situation is not much different from that in the Philippines.

Women are far more involved in farming.

What is even more interesting is that in some areas, there are more women in the marketplace than men.

Hilda Stewert, ACWW World President, reaffirmed ACWW's commitment towards improving the quality of life of women in rural areas.

In some parts of the world, women have no access to land ownership and are even considered as part of the property.

The ACWW itself aims at raising the standards of living of rural women and their families through education, training and community development projects.

The ACWW hopes that the training that these women receive in these workshops can then be passed along to other women at the grassroots level. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei 

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